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Wetsus Science & Technology Newsletter June 2026
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Getting clean water has been a challenge to the people all over the world. You would imagine that new technologies will have brought a multitude of solutions, but with other new materials and innovations around, we are facing more challenges than ever. Novel persistent contaminants and mobile pollutants silently accumulate in our water and the environment, while conventional treatment boundaries are being pushed to their limits. Protecting water quality today requires a shift to new innovations.
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In this edition of our Science & Technology newsletter, we highlight how we are developing tangible solutions to these invisible threats across three distinct frontiers: detection, removal, and destruction.
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Register now for European Water Technology Week 2026
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Register now for the European Water Technology Week 2026 (featuring the Wetsus Congress!) and join an inspiring program: plenary talks, parallel sessions based on Wetsus’ scientific themes, and plenty of opportunities to exchange knowledge and connect with experts from across the watertech sector.
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BODAC® as a robust tool for organic micropollutant removal
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BODAC®’s activated carbon granules at Nieuwater have been working miraculously well. Though meant for ultra-pure water synthesis, its capabilities in all sorts of organic micropollutant removal have not gone unnoticed. Dr. Amanda Larasati et al. describe in a new paper in Chemical Engineering Journal what core elements make the technology work, and what at we need to know to apply Nieuwater’s knowledge elsewhere.
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Plasma reactor efficiently destroys PFAS, given the right spark
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That destroying PFAS is not a walk in the park has become clear. Yet Roman Klymenko, of the Applied Water Physics theme, says he’s found a way: using plasma discharge over a funnel, you can make quick work of the forever chemical. In his latest publication in the Journal of Visualized Experiments, Klymenko explains how they investigated what would be the best sort of plasma to use to make a scalable solution.
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Flow Cytometry: a microbiology tool for detecting nanoplastics
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Nanoplastics are everywhere, yet they are amazingly hard to trace. So how do you know you have a new technology that can remove them. New research by Elorm Ezugbe, published in ACS ES&T Water, shows that the microbiology tool flow cytometry (FCM) outshines conventional turbidity
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measurements for detecting these tiny pollutants[SR1.1], especially at low concentrations.
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Explore the latest breakthroughs in water technology at EWTW 2026!
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The European Water Technology Week (featuring the Wetsus Congress) offers a unique opportunity to explore the latest scientific breakthroughs and innovations shaping the future of water technology.
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The program is now online and features inspiring plenary sessions and parallel sessions based on Wetsus’ scientific themes, combined with business and talent sessions. Join leading researchers, innovators and industry professionals to exchange ideas, discover new developments and build valuable connections across the international water tech sector.
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Parallel sessions include:
• Vortices in water technology: a new frontier
• How new developments in physical chemistry can impact water technology applications
• Breaking the chains in soil
• AI and machine learning in drinking water distribution systems
• Carbon recovery and valorization in the WWTP of the future
• From effluent to industry: water reuse and micropollutant removal
• From Blue Energy to resource recovery: the entrepreneurial journey of bipolar membranes
• BlueTech Unplugged: Market impact of new EU regulations
• Towards resilient industrial water systems: integrating alternative water resources
• Innovative materials for sustainable water technologies
• Water cycle restoration: where does rain come from and how do we bring it back?
• Photocatalytic degradation of micropollutants
• From data to decisions: AI and digital twins in drinking water systems
• Implementing resource recovery in practice: lessons from end-user pioneers
• Measuring, monitoring and mitigating micropollutants
• Electromembrane processes
• Artificial Intelligence in water technology: from data to impact
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